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Feed him to the Ra-gada, we hunger for battle.
If you do it, I will personally rip your throat out.
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It's good to be back around the Guild again after a while off, but here we are. Uhhh, let's see where to start, I'm Sandman, and I like to roleplay, play video games, and listen to music. I'm a mechanic during my day job, and I'm also a student in that same field, though I'm also interested in eventually making music. I don't know how much of a reliable dream that is, but you never know, yeah? Anyways.
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If you do it, I will personally rip your throat out.
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Why do people placeholder for their sheets? I can understand WIPS(Especially mine as I have no knowledge of the ME universe just really here cause of ) but placeholders... it's just a cheap bump :P
Bah! I placeholder to keep a reminder. Plus, it keeps it there for me...Don't judge my methods, heathen of the sea.
Organization Name: Elysium Research Technologies
Science Marches On
Organization Leader: Lorenzo Gallius, CEO
Important Figures:
Organization Specialization:
Biomedical Tech - Elysium Research Technologies is a company with many different interests, ranging into the field of Biomedical technology. ERT researches advancements in cybernetics, as well as life-preserving medical technologies that are commonplace within your average hospital or clinic. Of course, Elysium doesn’t merely research cybernetics! That’s too boring. Elysium also looks into genetic augmentation, as well as perfecting cloning on a grander scale.
Military Tech – On the flip-side, ERT does not profit solely from saving lives. They also specialize in finding new ways to end them. Assault rifles with less heat or recoil, sniper rifles with little-to-no sonic register, you name it ERT has probably worked on building it or improving upon it.
Organization Type: Unethical Research Company
Organization Income Source: ERT makes most of its money by peddling its wares to the various galactic governments and organizations, no matter how unethical or unsavory they may be. ERT specializes in one thing: Selling quality products to their customers. Whether it be assault rifles and armor to Batarians, or doing a…custom job for a particularly wealthy mercenary boss on his cybernetics, ERT will do it.
Legality: For most intents and purposes, ERT is a totally legitimate operation that develops technologies that are common place amongst the peoples of the galaxy as well as the more well-equipped arsenals of certain organizations, both legitimate and violently unsavory. If anyone were to look at their business practices outside of the idea of them bettering the lives of others or equipping military organizations, they are most certainly not an ethical, or really even legal, company.
Organization Base: Elysium Research Technologies has its corporate headquarters based on Earth, the primary functions of day-to-day operation of the company start here, at the corporate nerve center of ERT. However, the primary functions of research and development take place on the corporate playground of Noveria at Peak 24and Peak 13.
The ERT Corporate Headquarters on Earth is a 40-story skyscraper in Kansas City, the veritable center of what was the developing Silicon Prairie during the early 21st Century. ERT Corporate has an around-the-clock security detail, as well as a fully stocked armory in the event of an incursion in their general command space.
The Peak 24 biomedical facility has several labs that make up the facility, however, the entrance is a security checkpoint and deeper in comes the central hub, breaking off into the different labs. First and foremost is the Cybernetics Lab (CyberLab), constructed with the idea of building better cybernetic augments and implementing them in different simulated settings. There is also the Genetics Lab (GenLab), focusing primarily on gene therapy as well as human cloning, and finally there is the fledgling Element Zero Lab (ELab), focused on the development of biotic advancement. The Peak 24, like it’s counterpart Peak 13, has an armed security force as well as two armories, a main one for the security force and another for the civilians, should the need arise. Due to size constraints, the facility only contains LOKI and FENRIS mechanized combatants. It also has an independent power supply, and ample bunks for extended stays, as well as a medical clinic.
Meanwhile, the Peak 13 facility is constructed in much the same way, though it has a few more labs. Firstly is the Small Arms Lab (SALab), dedicated to one-man operated weapons, then the Armor Lab (ALab) though its function should be pretty apparent. Next comes the Advanced Warfare Tactical Development Team, a special division within the Warfare facility dedicated to the development, testing, and applied knowledge of Virtual Intelligences…though, rumor has it that an Artificial Intelligence could potentially become a reality in the frozen lands of Noveria. Finally, there is the Mechanized Warfare Development Team, a group utilized for developing mechanized war platforms for various purposes, such as anti-infantry and anti-material operations. Most notably, this venture is a joint project with Hahne-Kedar, though, it’s mostly Elysium doing the work with Hahne-Kedar observing the results.
Organization Assets: Elysium Research Technologies holds facilities across the galaxy. As previously mentioned, the company holds two facilities on Noveria, Peak 24 being primarily for biomedical technologies and Peak 13 being their primary weapons development facility. ERT also owns two primary manufacturing centers, one being their bio-med manufacturing center on Earth, the other being their military manufacturing center on Titan. Though, these facilities are relatively small in comparison to the facilities owned by companies such as Hahne-Kedar or Aldrin Labs, part of their contracts being that Elysium is allowed to use a portion of their manufacturing space.
Contractually, ERT holds business contracts with Hahne-Kedar, and Aldrin Labs as well as several pirate and slaver groups throughout the galaxy. The pirate and slaver groups usually supply ERT with their merchandise to test on at the facilities on Noveria. ERT also holds some more…discreet contracts with the Blue Suns and several groups in the Skyllian Verge, supplying cybernetics as well as arms and armor, and trading information on goings on within the Terminus Systems.
Speaking of the Terminus Systems, ERT has almost no holdings there; however, they have considered using their connection with the Blue Suns to justify making moves on a district or several for research and testing, given Omega’s laying out of Citadel Space. The Citadel, however, has not remained untouched by Elysium’s long touch. Elysium owns several clinics on the Citadel, under the subsidiary “Asclepius Labs”. Elysium also maintains several contracts with weapons and armor dealers in the Citadel, as well as C-sec.
Ship wise, Elysium maintains a private fleet of vessels, twenty light freighters and fifteen medium freighters, as well as another ten heavy freighters for cargo and security transport. Elysium also owns three refueling stations on Noveria, and two on Earth as well as Titan. For space-bound security, Elysium owns five squadrons of fighters, though, these fighters as well as their pilots usually only see action in the more dangerous parts of the galaxy, like the Terminus Systems or the Attican Traverse.
Finally, militarily, Elysium maintains a moderately sized well-trained force of security officers, most of them being human, though there are Turians, Asari, and the oddball Krogan amongst them. The main arm of the Elysium Security Force is the land and ship-bound security portion, numbering in at approximately 700 men and women, 100 each stationed at the two facilities on Noveria. The Noverian-centered forces are much more homogenous than those that you typically see, being totally human forces, all of whom are some of the most trusted members of the Elysium Security Department. The remainder of this force is stationed in smaller concentrations on the various ships that comprise Elysium’s shipping arm, with 50 of them stationed at each manufacturing facility on Earth and Titan, rounding out with another 65 at the corporate headquarters.
Elysium utilizes a synthetic portion of their security force, with mechanized units such as the LOKI and FENRIS being used on the Noveria facilities for investigations outside of the facilities, the YMIR mechanized unit being used in limited quantities at the manufacturing centers and corporate. VI-operated drones are also a common entity to see in Elysium facilities.
Organization Relations:
Organization History: Let’s set the stage, the year is 2130. We start in the United North American States, as these stories are often want to start, with a visionary. This man was known as Dr. Jonathan Tiller, founder of Elysium Research Technologies, naming it after some ancient myth for a paradise after death, except, that wasn’t Jonathan’s vision. He wanted there to be a paradise before people died, and thus he found the Elysium Biomedical Company, designing and manufacturing machines that allowed others to live on or survive unforeseen illnesses. Their cybernetics were primitive then, having not had the opportunity to confer with other species, however, I digress. Tiller and his relatively small team produced quality, if now primitive, cybernetics for those who had lost limbs.
For almost the next thirty years, Tiller and his team worked tirelessly, expanding Elysium at a rapid pace, going from a small two-story building in the seedier parts of Kansas City, to a modern glass facility in the Old Power & Light District. Of course, not all good things can go on forever. After twenty-six of running the company, Dr. Jonathan Tiller died of a brain aneurysm in his home, on June 6th, 2156. Within the next year, however, humanity would find that we were most certainly not alone. In 2157, humanity met the Turian Hierarchy on the field of battle, and it changed humanity forever.
At home, people clung together in fear as they watched on their vid-screens, hearing reports of alien attack and war raging on the colony of Shanxi. Harrison Renoir was the second CEO of the Elysium Biomedical Company, and looked into the eyes of an untapped market for Elysium: Military technology. He reasoned it well to the researchers when he brought in physicists who specialized in weaponry, and armor specialists. To this day, the recording of his speech to the researchers is recorded, “Dr. Jonathan Tiller, our late founder, dreamt of a paradise on Earth, and if he had known it, he would have extended that vision to the Galaxy. However, recent events have revealed the sad fact that to create that paradise; there may be a necessity to crush our enemies into the dust. Therefore, I have come to the conclusion that Elysium will now produce weapons technology, to honor this extension to our founder’s vision.”
Of course, Harrison was talking out of his ass. Tiller hated weapons, hated the mere thought that we could possibly need such barbaric tools, but with the death of Tiller still relatively fresh in the minds of the scientists, it was a relatively simple task for him to sickeningly twist and bend the words of the late, great, Jonathan Tiller. Thus, research into weapons and armor began in Elysium, no long Elysium Biomedical. Now, to signify their change in focus, they became Elysium Research Technologies. With weapons research came the instatement of the Security Department, and contact with alien research firms, not unlike Elysium.
From there, things started to take off. By 2160, Elysium constructed the Peak 24 biomedical facility on Noveria, 2163, the Peak 13 facility. Development continued along profitable lines for many years, a trend that has continued to this day in 2178. In the intermittent time, however, Elysium changed hands once more, coming under the leadership of Lorenzo Gallius in 2170, shortly after the fall of Mindoir. Gallius kicked Elysium into overdrive, delving deeper into more and more illegal and unethical practices on Noveria. Anything for progress became their motto.
In more recent years, Elysium has established a working relationship with the Blue Suns Mercenary Company, and several slaver factions within the Terminus systems. They have also established clinics on the citadel as well as Earth, in attempts to bolster their PR, meanwhile they continue to work in their labs, searching for a new breakthrough to put them in a comfortable position of power.
Science Marches On
Organization Leader: Lorenzo Gallius, CEO
Important Figures:
- Ritter – Director of Research
- Milus Sanguinus – Director of Security
- Mira Y’loar – Director of Operations
Organization Specialization:
Biomedical Tech - Elysium Research Technologies is a company with many different interests, ranging into the field of Biomedical technology. ERT researches advancements in cybernetics, as well as life-preserving medical technologies that are commonplace within your average hospital or clinic. Of course, Elysium doesn’t merely research cybernetics! That’s too boring. Elysium also looks into genetic augmentation, as well as perfecting cloning on a grander scale.
Military Tech – On the flip-side, ERT does not profit solely from saving lives. They also specialize in finding new ways to end them. Assault rifles with less heat or recoil, sniper rifles with little-to-no sonic register, you name it ERT has probably worked on building it or improving upon it.
Organization Type: Unethical Research Company
Organization Income Source: ERT makes most of its money by peddling its wares to the various galactic governments and organizations, no matter how unethical or unsavory they may be. ERT specializes in one thing: Selling quality products to their customers. Whether it be assault rifles and armor to Batarians, or doing a…custom job for a particularly wealthy mercenary boss on his cybernetics, ERT will do it.
Legality: For most intents and purposes, ERT is a totally legitimate operation that develops technologies that are common place amongst the peoples of the galaxy as well as the more well-equipped arsenals of certain organizations, both legitimate and violently unsavory. If anyone were to look at their business practices outside of the idea of them bettering the lives of others or equipping military organizations, they are most certainly not an ethical, or really even legal, company.
Organization Base: Elysium Research Technologies has its corporate headquarters based on Earth, the primary functions of day-to-day operation of the company start here, at the corporate nerve center of ERT. However, the primary functions of research and development take place on the corporate playground of Noveria at Peak 24and Peak 13.
The ERT Corporate Headquarters on Earth is a 40-story skyscraper in Kansas City, the veritable center of what was the developing Silicon Prairie during the early 21st Century. ERT Corporate has an around-the-clock security detail, as well as a fully stocked armory in the event of an incursion in their general command space.
The Peak 24 biomedical facility has several labs that make up the facility, however, the entrance is a security checkpoint and deeper in comes the central hub, breaking off into the different labs. First and foremost is the Cybernetics Lab (CyberLab), constructed with the idea of building better cybernetic augments and implementing them in different simulated settings. There is also the Genetics Lab (GenLab), focusing primarily on gene therapy as well as human cloning, and finally there is the fledgling Element Zero Lab (ELab), focused on the development of biotic advancement. The Peak 24, like it’s counterpart Peak 13, has an armed security force as well as two armories, a main one for the security force and another for the civilians, should the need arise. Due to size constraints, the facility only contains LOKI and FENRIS mechanized combatants. It also has an independent power supply, and ample bunks for extended stays, as well as a medical clinic.
Meanwhile, the Peak 13 facility is constructed in much the same way, though it has a few more labs. Firstly is the Small Arms Lab (SALab), dedicated to one-man operated weapons, then the Armor Lab (ALab) though its function should be pretty apparent. Next comes the Advanced Warfare Tactical Development Team, a special division within the Warfare facility dedicated to the development, testing, and applied knowledge of Virtual Intelligences…though, rumor has it that an Artificial Intelligence could potentially become a reality in the frozen lands of Noveria. Finally, there is the Mechanized Warfare Development Team, a group utilized for developing mechanized war platforms for various purposes, such as anti-infantry and anti-material operations. Most notably, this venture is a joint project with Hahne-Kedar, though, it’s mostly Elysium doing the work with Hahne-Kedar observing the results.
Organization Assets: Elysium Research Technologies holds facilities across the galaxy. As previously mentioned, the company holds two facilities on Noveria, Peak 24 being primarily for biomedical technologies and Peak 13 being their primary weapons development facility. ERT also owns two primary manufacturing centers, one being their bio-med manufacturing center on Earth, the other being their military manufacturing center on Titan. Though, these facilities are relatively small in comparison to the facilities owned by companies such as Hahne-Kedar or Aldrin Labs, part of their contracts being that Elysium is allowed to use a portion of their manufacturing space.
Contractually, ERT holds business contracts with Hahne-Kedar, and Aldrin Labs as well as several pirate and slaver groups throughout the galaxy. The pirate and slaver groups usually supply ERT with their merchandise to test on at the facilities on Noveria. ERT also holds some more…discreet contracts with the Blue Suns and several groups in the Skyllian Verge, supplying cybernetics as well as arms and armor, and trading information on goings on within the Terminus Systems.
Speaking of the Terminus Systems, ERT has almost no holdings there; however, they have considered using their connection with the Blue Suns to justify making moves on a district or several for research and testing, given Omega’s laying out of Citadel Space. The Citadel, however, has not remained untouched by Elysium’s long touch. Elysium owns several clinics on the Citadel, under the subsidiary “Asclepius Labs”. Elysium also maintains several contracts with weapons and armor dealers in the Citadel, as well as C-sec.
Ship wise, Elysium maintains a private fleet of vessels, twenty light freighters and fifteen medium freighters, as well as another ten heavy freighters for cargo and security transport. Elysium also owns three refueling stations on Noveria, and two on Earth as well as Titan. For space-bound security, Elysium owns five squadrons of fighters, though, these fighters as well as their pilots usually only see action in the more dangerous parts of the galaxy, like the Terminus Systems or the Attican Traverse.
Finally, militarily, Elysium maintains a moderately sized well-trained force of security officers, most of them being human, though there are Turians, Asari, and the oddball Krogan amongst them. The main arm of the Elysium Security Force is the land and ship-bound security portion, numbering in at approximately 700 men and women, 100 each stationed at the two facilities on Noveria. The Noverian-centered forces are much more homogenous than those that you typically see, being totally human forces, all of whom are some of the most trusted members of the Elysium Security Department. The remainder of this force is stationed in smaller concentrations on the various ships that comprise Elysium’s shipping arm, with 50 of them stationed at each manufacturing facility on Earth and Titan, rounding out with another 65 at the corporate headquarters.
Elysium utilizes a synthetic portion of their security force, with mechanized units such as the LOKI and FENRIS being used on the Noveria facilities for investigations outside of the facilities, the YMIR mechanized unit being used in limited quantities at the manufacturing centers and corporate. VI-operated drones are also a common entity to see in Elysium facilities.
Organization Relations:
- The Lonely Spacer: Elysium does not typically deal with information gathering agencies, as they are more than a little detrimental to Elysium, should their secrets get out. However, it is probable that the Information Gatherers have heard of Elysium, being a major medical technology producer.
- Halios Consortium: Elysium has most certainly heard of the Halios Consortium, the two of them being competitors in the fields of genetic research and biological augmentation/experimentation. Elysium and Halios have potentially encountered one another through their respective proxies, the Blue Suns and Eclipse.
- Riptide: Elysium has not heard much about Riptide, however, they have heard of them through their contacts in the Blue Suns.
- Bretin’s Raiders: The fine folks at Elysium have, more likely than not, encountered our friends in this little band of pirates. Elysium is, more often than not, searching for docile slaves to use in volatile research experiments, be they medical or military.
- More to come!
Organization History: Let’s set the stage, the year is 2130. We start in the United North American States, as these stories are often want to start, with a visionary. This man was known as Dr. Jonathan Tiller, founder of Elysium Research Technologies, naming it after some ancient myth for a paradise after death, except, that wasn’t Jonathan’s vision. He wanted there to be a paradise before people died, and thus he found the Elysium Biomedical Company, designing and manufacturing machines that allowed others to live on or survive unforeseen illnesses. Their cybernetics were primitive then, having not had the opportunity to confer with other species, however, I digress. Tiller and his relatively small team produced quality, if now primitive, cybernetics for those who had lost limbs.
For almost the next thirty years, Tiller and his team worked tirelessly, expanding Elysium at a rapid pace, going from a small two-story building in the seedier parts of Kansas City, to a modern glass facility in the Old Power & Light District. Of course, not all good things can go on forever. After twenty-six of running the company, Dr. Jonathan Tiller died of a brain aneurysm in his home, on June 6th, 2156. Within the next year, however, humanity would find that we were most certainly not alone. In 2157, humanity met the Turian Hierarchy on the field of battle, and it changed humanity forever.
At home, people clung together in fear as they watched on their vid-screens, hearing reports of alien attack and war raging on the colony of Shanxi. Harrison Renoir was the second CEO of the Elysium Biomedical Company, and looked into the eyes of an untapped market for Elysium: Military technology. He reasoned it well to the researchers when he brought in physicists who specialized in weaponry, and armor specialists. To this day, the recording of his speech to the researchers is recorded, “Dr. Jonathan Tiller, our late founder, dreamt of a paradise on Earth, and if he had known it, he would have extended that vision to the Galaxy. However, recent events have revealed the sad fact that to create that paradise; there may be a necessity to crush our enemies into the dust. Therefore, I have come to the conclusion that Elysium will now produce weapons technology, to honor this extension to our founder’s vision.”
Of course, Harrison was talking out of his ass. Tiller hated weapons, hated the mere thought that we could possibly need such barbaric tools, but with the death of Tiller still relatively fresh in the minds of the scientists, it was a relatively simple task for him to sickeningly twist and bend the words of the late, great, Jonathan Tiller. Thus, research into weapons and armor began in Elysium, no long Elysium Biomedical. Now, to signify their change in focus, they became Elysium Research Technologies. With weapons research came the instatement of the Security Department, and contact with alien research firms, not unlike Elysium.
From there, things started to take off. By 2160, Elysium constructed the Peak 24 biomedical facility on Noveria, 2163, the Peak 13 facility. Development continued along profitable lines for many years, a trend that has continued to this day in 2178. In the intermittent time, however, Elysium changed hands once more, coming under the leadership of Lorenzo Gallius in 2170, shortly after the fall of Mindoir. Gallius kicked Elysium into overdrive, delving deeper into more and more illegal and unethical practices on Noveria. Anything for progress became their motto.
In more recent years, Elysium has established a working relationship with the Blue Suns Mercenary Company, and several slaver factions within the Terminus systems. They have also established clinics on the citadel as well as Earth, in attempts to bolster their PR, meanwhile they continue to work in their labs, searching for a new breakthrough to put them in a comfortable position of power.
Dervish said
Speaking of which, I approved you for thst. You just never came back. O.o
Wait seriously? I never came back because I was waiting on approval XD
Sundered Echo said
Personally, I cant live without my desktop. Posting from a phone would make me crazy in short order.So I am honored that you'd go to such lengths to join my RP.If this kind of interest keeps up, I may even post the OOC earlier than planned.
Actually, my entire app for Vengeance of the Deep was written on mah phone.
Indeed. My laptop seems to have lacked the proper amount of calibrations. It's stuck in a start-up feedback loop, and my desktop is a county away. Currently on a Kindle Fire HD. Not much better than my phone, but it gets in OOC stuff.
Alright then, it would seem that you have caused me to attempt to transcend my...technological predicament. I'll bite. Mass Effect FTW!
I'll do it! Can I reserve France?
The Code of Malacath
King Burkash gor-Nagorm, Orsinium
Burkash fumed upon his throne, his eyes boring into the doors of the King’s Hall. The Council of Orsinium was silent, all eyes upon Burkash as he mulled things over within his mind. It was Umog who broke the silence, “King Burkash…you understand what the Code of Mala--” Burkash smashed his fist into an iron gauntlet, crushing it in much the same way a boot does an ant, “I damn well know what the Code of Malacath demands! And it would seem that the Redguard’s have made the SODDING DECISION TO MAKE US DRAW AS MUCH BLOOD UNTIL WE ARE SATISFIED!” Burkash stood from his throne, rushing towards the map of Tamriel in the center of the Council Chamber, thrashing aside the chairs in his way, “The Redguards would dare to not only insult us at a peace summit, but steal from our forges!?”
It was then that Burkash picked up a nearby dagger, forged in the style of the Orcs, and stabbed it into the map, centering in right on Elinhir, “They want blood!? We will give them it!” Burkash spit on the floor of the Council Chambers, and motioned to one of the guards, “Send missives to the tribes of the Wrothgarian Mountains and the Dragon’s Tail Mountains! We are mustering their warriors…and recall Lagash alongside that company! We will need all our warriors ready for conquest.”
Burkash signaled to a nearby Orc, and he stepped forward, smashing his own hand into his chest in a form of a salute, “Gather a group of messengers, and send them to the Dragon’s Tail, Wrothgarian, and Jerall Mountains, gather our brethren from Cyrodiil, Hammerfell, and High Rock. War is soon to come.”
The Imperial Emissary
Gurbuk gro-Malfaz
Gurzuk arrived at the gates of Orsinium, accompanied by a portion of the King’s Honor Guard. Ten Orcs, fitted in the finest of Orcish armor, with spears and shields as well. As the gates opened, Gurzuk furrowed his brow, investigating who it would be: The Altmer, or the Imperials. He knew damn good and well that Yagurz had made deals with both sides, but today could not have been a worse day for them to come to Orsinium. As the gates opened, Gurzuk noted the armor and the weaponry, quickly identifying the Imperials as the ones who had come first. Gurzuk spat upon the ground, investigating the Imperials as messengers passed by him, travelling all across Northern Tamriel to bring soldiers to Orsinium.
Gurzuk and the Honor Guard marched towards the Imperial emissary, their heavy footsteps thudding upon the ground as they approached. Gurzuk nodded to the Imperial emissary, “Greetings, Imperial.” He began, “I am Gurzuk gor-Malfaz, Captain of the King’s Honor Guard. I welcome you to Orsinium…I must inform you, however, that you seem to have come to Orsinium at a dire time. Be careful around Burkash, else I fear what will happen.”
The Favor of Malacath Part III
Gurzuk gro-Golmur
The cold air of Skyrim filled Gurzuk’s nostrils as he marched into Falkreath Hold. He and his group really only knew the location of Largashbur. They had a roadmap of Skyrim, and little else to give them a direction towards their destination. Gurzuk pointed to an open area in the forest, “We’ll camp out here for the night. Then we’ll haul out towards the Rift.” The other six got busy making their camp while Gurzuk looked over the map, drawing a path to Largashbur, passing through Falkreath and then into the Rift.
With the camp finished, and the fire warm, the lot of them looked around, spying the road as they sat there, “So…” began one of the other Orcs, “How long until Largashbur?” Gurzuk cleared his throat and looked to Masser and Secunda, “I wager about two days. If we had horses, probably shorter but that’s not a luxury that we have, so, we’re marching there. Hopefully they’ll have the hammer. If not, then I guess that’s why we’re here. To find it.”
Recalled
General Lagash gro-Nagrum, Hammerfell-Skyrim Border
Lagash stood, observing the continued training of the rebels. Five thousand Nords, all before him as the hot sun of Hammerfell beat down upon them, their armor gleaming in the sun as much as their bodies gleamed with a thick layer of sweat. It was then that a messenger came to him, and delivered Burkash’s letter. Lagash opened the letter and began to read it’s contents, his face taking a sickening turn from being intrigued, to one of pure rage.
He held up his hand, halting the training of the Nords, whom of which quickly drew into formation, their new leader, Svari, at the head of them. Lagash motioned to the Orcs and brought them into the camp, “Nords…” He began, “I am afraid that we must cut your training far too short. I have been recalled by my benefactor to protect their interests due to the brewing war in Eastern Hammerfell…however, do know this. Your people are warriors of great renown and resolve. You have built empires, and laid them low. Do not let a tyrant dictate the lives which you lead. Rip him and his army limb from bloody limb! Fight until you can fight no longer! Stand tall! Stand proud! Conquer your enemies!”
With that, Lagash and his troops began to leave, burning their camp to the ground behind them. They had no more need of it, for now the Nords were on their own. Hopefully, the Rebels would succeed.
The March to Falkreath
Svari Ice-Heart, Hammerfell-Skyrim Border
The Nords stood, watching as the camp in front of them burned to the ground. Svari moved to where Lagash once stood, watching over her troops as the light of the flames made her stand out even more in the heat of the sun of Hammerfell. She gulped, looking over the lot of them. Initially, she was commander over roughly a squad of men, but now she commanded an army. She had been taught some basic strategies by Lagash as well as some tactics, but she had to make the best of what she had now that Lagash was gone. She thusly, began to speak, “Soldiers! We must gather our forces and return to our homeland! If war begins in Hammerfell, then should we not honor our makeshift home by bringing war to Jartod?! We will slay the tyrant and end his reign!” The Nords cheered as she continued, “The fact that we have earned the respect of an Orc during our short time with him speaks volumes of our courage! Our valor! Our righteousness! We begin our march upon Falkreath in the morning! In the meantime, continue your training and rest well! We have much work to do.”
Did you hear the one about the Orcs and the Bretons?
Chief Yagurz/The Guards, Stormhold
The Leader of the Orc guards eyed Everard as he stood there, sword drawn and pointed directly at the three of them. The Orc watched Everard for a moment, while the other two looked behind them, watching the emissaries adjourning for the night. The Orc didn’t really regard Everard, he really focused more on investigating the make of his weapon and armor, intrigued more than anything by the craftsmanship involved in it. The leader of the Orcs poked Everard’s sword a bit, lifting it up with his hand as he investigated it before speaking, “Chief Yagurz would have a word with you.” Before turning around and leaving, like a crazy person.
Establishing a Foothold
Ilyn Ondrano, Gnisis
Ilyn smiled as he looked out upon the city, the assassination of Nilphas was somewhat a sordid affair, but it was a…necessary step for House Hlaalu. The Council was not in session, currently, but he was still giving orders from Hlaalu’s headquarters in Gnisis. There were always orders to be sent, but that was the cost of being Hlaalu’s Grandmaster. Ilyn took a sip of his Canis root tea, watching the city as he rested, admiring the size of the city. He had to admit, Gnisis had come a long way since its beginnings as a small settlement in the North of Vvardenfell over two hundred years ago.
He heard the doors downstairs slam and he sighed, taking one final sip of his canis root tea, a runner entering the room as he continued to drink. It was one of the newer Hirelings, something that didn’t particularly surprise Ilyn, “Sedura, a message from Sera Seran.” Ilyn set down his tea and took the letter from the Hireling, opening it slowly, reading it with an even pace.
Ilyn’s eyes widened, writing his own letter quickly, and giving it back to the Hireling, “Take this back to her immediately!” Picking up a separate letter, “As well as this one! There is much work to be done. Tell her to send it to Arvas.” Ilyn sat back down. The Ordinators had arrived…things were about to become very, very interesting in Gnisis.
The Message
Nidryne Seran, Gnisis
The Hireling returned, giving both letters to Nidryne as he did so. “Sedura Ondrano has the letter. He also said to send this second letter to Arvas.” Nidryne nodded and eyed the Hireling, “Go to the Veloth’s Rest Cornerclub on the outskirts of town. Arvas will be there.” The Hireling nodded and was off once again to do his business, while Nidryne went back to tending her shop, opening her own letter as she did so.
Nidryne took her letter and tossed it into the nearby fire, taking a seat behind the counter in her shop, preparing to utilize the Hlaalu Spy Network to its fullest extent. With some luck, House Hlaalu would capitalize upon the presence of the Ordinators.
The Shadows of Gnisis
Arvas Verim, Gnisis
The Hireling, once more delivered a final letter, this time to Arvas Verim, master of the Order of the Shadow in the Cornerclub Veloth’s Rest, “A message from Sedura Ondrano, sero.” Arvas nodded and gave the Hireling fifty septims, “Thank you, sero.” And thusly, Arvas opened his own letter.
Arvas grinned at the thought of the Ordinators. He had not had the challenge of evading them for quite some time. Hopefully, now would be no different. Arvas motioned over to a Kinsman, “Gather some Lawmen and Oathmen. We have some…business to attend to.” With that, Arvas burned his letter and grinned. He hadn’t had this much fun in quite some time.
A City of Dunmer, A House of Imperials
Draren Thiralas, Outskirts of Cheydinhal
Draren grumbled as he and his group of spies drew close to Cheydinhal. Draren had lived through the travels and travails of the Nerevarine, through the Red Year, hell even through the Accession War…but he was grumbling about having to sneak into Cheydinhal. That was his logical conclusion.
As Draren and his group grew nearer to Cheydinhal, they had to go through the whole search and seizure process that was normal with entering an Imperial city. They were lucky that owning a weapon was something that wasn’t exactly frowned upon by any means, particularly by travelers such as themselves. As a matter of a fact, they had more issues getting out of Morrowind, than getting in to Cheydinhal. Draren and his group took up a temporary residence within the ‘Newlands Lodge’, a Dunmer-owned establishment.
From there, the four of them rested, beginning their plans in the morning.
TheBeanBurrito said
"Joint assault." I feel like thirty boats shouldn't be this threatening.
Lol.
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